Patent litigation in the US has been evolving continuously year on year. Although there has been a decline in the cases filed, few law firms have continued to perform well during the past year. According to a list published by IAM, here are the top performing law firms for the year 2016.
| Firms: Prosecution |
| Fenwick & West LLP |
| Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP |
| Fish & Richardson PC |
| Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto |
| Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP |
| Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP |
| McDermott Will & Emery |
| Merchant & Gould |
| Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP |
| Perkins Coie LLP |
| Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner PA |
| Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC |
| Sughrue Mion PLLC |
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| Firms: Transactions |
| Cooley LLP |
| Covington & Burling LLP |
| Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP |
| Fenwick & West LLP |
| Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP |
| Global IP Law Group LLC |
| Latham & Watkins LLP |
| Morrison & Foerster LLP |
| Ropes & Gray LLP |
| Sidley Austin LLP |
| Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP |
| Sullivan & Cromwell LLP |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP |
| Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC |
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| Firms: Plaintiff |
| Desmarais LLP |
| Fish & Richardson PC |
| McKool Smith |
| Robins Kaplan LLP |
| Susman Godfrey LLP |
| Tensegrity Law Group LLP |
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| Firms: Litigation |
| Highly recommended |
| Durie Tangri LLP |
| Fish & Richardson PC |
| Irell & Manella LLP |
| Kirkland & Ellis LLP |
| Latham & Watkins LLP |
| Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP |
| Williams & Connolly LLP |
| Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP |
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| Recommended |
| Covington & Burling LLP |
| Desmarais LLP |
| Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP |
| Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto |
| Keker & Van Nest LLP |
| Morrison & Foerster LLP |
| Paul Hastings LLP |
| Perkins Coie LLP |
| Ropes & Gray LLP |
| Sidley Austin LLP |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP |
| White & Case LLP |
| Winston & Strawn LLP |
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